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Lot # 159
SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Alexander I Balas, 152-145 BC. Drachm (Silver, 16.30 mm, 3.51 g) circa 151-149 BC, Antiochia on the Orontes. Diademed head of Alexander right. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ vertical to right in two lines, [ΘΕΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ] vertical to left on two lines. Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow in the right hand and resting the left hand on bow set vertical to right, Δ in exergue. HGC 9, 887a; SC 1785.1d. Fine. From a European collection formed prior to 2005.